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Sewing as authority in the Middle Ages

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Date
06/01/2015
Author
Rudy, Kathryn Margaret
Keywords
Medieval manuscripts
Parchment
Cultural techniques
D111 Medieval History
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Abstract
This essay considers medieval sewing in light of Austin’s speech-act theory. Analysing manuscripts, relics, indulgences, and even a bishop’s mitre, the article argues that stitching was a way to enact, or intensify, the ritual purpose of objects, whether that was ceremonial, devotional, or authoritative. Whereas a speech act functions by its utterance, stitches act by forming visible and often ceremonious attachments between materials in order to aggrandise, embellish, assert and layer authority, or swathe an object in textiles as if it were a relic.
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Rudy , K M 2015 , Sewing as authority in the Middle Ages . in L Engell & B Siegert (eds) , ZMK Zeitschrift für Medien - und Kulturforschung 6/1/2015 : Textil . Zeitschrift für Medien - und Kulturforschung (ZMK) , Felix Meiner Verlag GmbH , Hamburg , pp. 117-131 .
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ZMK Zeitschrift für Medien - und Kulturforschung 6/1/2015
ISSN
1869-1366
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© Felix Meiner Verlag, Hamburg 2015. All rights reserved. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://meiner.de/zmk-zeitschrift-fuer-medien-und-kulturforschung-6-1-2015-textil.html
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https://meiner.de/zmk-zeitschrift-fuer-medien-und-kulturforschung-6-1-2015-textil.html
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/10183

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